Youth Services Security Officer I — Mentor & Protect

State of Colorado; Greeley (CO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Colorado, Division of Youth Services in Greeley is seeking staff to supervise and mentor adjudicated and pre-adjudicated youth at Platte Valley Youth Services Center. The role focuses on safety, behavior management, and supporting youth through treatment and education plans.

Shifts are 12.5 hours with several start times; front end schedule includes Sundays through Mondays, Tuesdays and alternating Wednesdays, while back end covers alternating Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and

Responsibilities

• Providing direct care, safety, security, and supervision of adjudicated and/or pre-adjudicated youth in a secure setting
• Monitor, participate, support, and enforce behavioral management plans for individual youth as directed
• Supervision of youth or group of youth, supervision of daily activities, youth orientation
• Intervention in crisis situations, non-escalation, de-escalation
• Use of physical response/restraint in emergency situations
• Debriefing of all incidents, and conducting searches
• Actively and with positive engagement, implement and follow the Youth Center behavioral management program
• Teach, coach, and redirect youth within the behavior management program and role model prosocial behavior at all times
• Conduct problem solving, appreciation, pre/post activity groups, psycho-educational groups and individualized skill building as needed to support a safe environment conducive to learning and consistent with DYS behavioral expectations
• Communicate expectations for behavior, events, rules, or other milieu requirements
• Provide supervision and support of community transition/reintegration opportunities for youth
• Use prevailing techniques to establish rapport with youth, overcome resistance to change, communicate more effectively in stable circumstances as well as unsettled circumstances
• Support restorative community justice principles and/or activities

Job description

State of Colorado, Division of Youth Services in Greeley is seeking staff to supervise and mentor adjudicated and pre-adjudicated youth at Platte Valley Youth Services Center. The role focuses on safety, behavior management, and supporting youth through treatment and education plans.

Shifts are 12.5 hours with several start times; front end schedule includes Sundays through Mondays, Tuesdays and alternating Wednesdays, while back end covers alternating Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and